Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
“Thank you for helping me,” I said to him.
“Of course…” he said in return. He was quiet for a moment longer and then he spoke again. “How did the fire not physically affect you? You seemed completely fine during the fact.”
Do I tell him because I’m a Volana and that we are incredibly hard to injure and kill? Or do I lie to him?
“I guess I’m just lucky like that,” I said with a light laugh. “Maybe because I was drunk.”
“Everyone was drunk,” he said, shaking his head. “But they still got injured.”
“I’m not sure,” I answered. “I held my breath for a while. Maybe that was why?”
“Maybe…” he said, but he didn’t sound completely convinced.
It didn’t take us long to get back to campus and as soon as he parked the car, I got out. He got out as well and walked around the car and closer to me.
“Well, for what it’s worth… I’m glad you didn’t get injured,” he said, keeping his tone low.
I smiled at him.
“I’m glad you didn’t either.”
I heard another car door slamming shut nearby and was surprised to see Enzo across the parking lot. It seemed like he was glaring at Brody, but Brody was too busy looking at me to notice.
I cleared my throat and stepped away from Brody.
“I’m going to get some rest. Thank you again,” I said over my shoulder.
I could feel his eyes on the back of my head as I walked toward the dorms. As I walked, I kept my head lowered so I wouldn’t have to look at Enzo, but I paused when I saw a familiar figure walking towards the 24-hour school board office.
My heart fell into my stomach as soon as her face was revealed to me.
It was Sarah.
Third Person POV
“Welcome back to the school, Sarah,” Miss Laurence, head of the board, said as she handed Sarah her curriculum and dorm keys. “You were missed. Let’s try to do better this time around.”
“Yes, mam,” Sarah said with a broad smile. “I won’t let you down. I truly apologize for my behavior previously.”
“I’m not the one you need to apologize to,” she said in return, eyeing Sarah carefully.
Sarah had to admit that she was dreading apologizing to Layla. But that was the deal. She could return early if she gave Layla a heartfelt apology. The thought was nauseating for her. But she was going to do it if it meant she could return to the academy.
The first thing she did after meeting with the board upon her arrival, was seek Layla out.
She knew she would most likely be sleeping because it was so late at night. At least, she hoped that she would be that way she could get out of apologizing. Or she would be too tired to remember.
But as soon as she realized Layla’s dorm room, which was on the way to her own dorm room, she was surprised to see a faint light under the door indicating that she was awake.
She groaned miserably but knocked on the door.
Layla opened the door and her eyes widened in shock when she saw Sarah standing before her. She didn’t look afraid though; Layla didn’t often find Sarah to be intimidating enough to be afraid of her, but Sarah was sure she wasn’t expecting her to be returning to the school so soon.
“Sarah…?” Layla said, staring around her face and making sure she was real. “What are you doing here?”
“They let me return early,” Sarah said, folding her arms across her chest. “I wanted to apologize for my behavior toward you. I allowed my own insecurities and jealousies to cloud my judgments and it wasn’t fair to you. I’m sorry for poisoning you. It wasn’t meant to hurt you… only delay your wolf’s development. I did it out of greed. I wanted to be the best and I knew as soon as you got your wolf, you’d be the best.”
Layla was quiet for a short while, processing what Sarah had just said.
She raised her brows in took Sarah’s appearance.
“It’s very big of you to apologize. Thank you,” she said, but there was still some hesitance.
Sarah knew the board was going to confront Layla in the morning and ask about this apology before she could actually return full-time, so she had to make this count.
“If there’s anything I can do for you…let me know. I hope we can maybe be friends one day. I know we didn’t have a great start… but I’m willing to try and make things better between us,” Sarah uttered.
That pained Sarah to utter, but she was putting on a performance of her life.
It seemed to have worked because Layla gushed into a large smile.
“Thank you,” she breathed. “I really appreciate that. I’m here for you too and I would really like to be friends.”
“Great…” Sarah said in return. “Then, I’ll be going.”
With that being said, Sarah turned and left.
While Sarah was at the back of the school, she heard whispers about a house fire that most students attended. A lot of students got injured and the host, Ryan, was hurt critically.
Sarah never liked Ryan; he’s Scott’s best friend and he’s also a complete airhead. He always gets Scott into stupid trouble, so it was no wonder Ryan got the worst of the damage from that fire.
She also found out from some close friends, during their catchup session, that Layla had begun a student committee and she’s the president of it.
That infuriated Sarah more than anything; if anyone should be president of a student committee, it should be Sarah!
“That’s not all…” One of her good friends said in a hushed whisper.
They were sitting in their usual spot in the student lounge a few days after Sarah returned to the school. She spent the last few days studying and catching up on schoolwork, not to mention moving back into her dorm. She hasn’t had a lot of time to catch up on any gossip.
“There’s a rumor that Layla has a new job as Cassidy-Ann’s personal assistant.”
Of course, everybody knew the famous artist Cassidy-Ann.
The thought of Layla actually getting to work with her pushed Sarah to her boiling point.
That just wasn’t going to do.
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Layla’s POV
It’s been a week since the fire and a few days since Sarah made that awfully sweet apology. I thought it was strange for her to come to me at such a late hour and apologize, but then Miss Laurence, of the school board, pulled me aside the next morning to ask if Sarah had apologized to me yet.
After that, it started to make sense.
They weren’t going to allow Sarah to return full-time unless she made a heartfelt apology. I wanted to laugh at how obvious that was.
I just told Miss Laurence the truth and said that it was incredibly heartfelt and kind of Sarah to apologize.